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World War II
1941- 1945
I. American Responses to the growing
threat of war
A. The Stimson Doctrine, 1932
1. In September 1931, the Japanese invaded
and conquered the Chinese province of
Manchuria
A. The Stimson Doctrine continued…
2. Proclaimed in 1932, the Stimson Doctrine
declared that the United States would not
recognize any territorial acquisitions achieved by
force. Although the United States did not
recognize the Japanese occupation, the Hoover
administration refrained from taking any military
action.
3. The failure of the United States and other
powers to take any concrete action marked the
failure of collective security.
B. The Neutrality Acts
1. The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s were
expressions of a commitment to isolationism.
2. During the 1930s, isolationists drew support for
their position from Washington’s Farwell
Address.
C. The Lend- Lease program
1. Under the Lend- Lease program, President
Roosevelt authorized the sale of surplus military
equipment to the Allies
2. The Lend- Lease program was used primarily
to help Great Britain and the Soviet Union resist
Nazi Germany
II. The attack on Pearl Harbor and
the Germany- First Strategy
A. Pearl Harbor
1. The Japanese war machine was dependent
on shipments of oil, aviation gasoline, and
scrap iron from the United States. In late 1940,
the Roosevelt administration imposed the first
series of embargoes on Japan-bound supplies.
In mid-1941, President Roosevelt froze
Japanese assets in the United States and
halted all shipments of gasoline.
A. Pearl Harbor continued…
2. The U.S. actions left Japanese leaders with
two alternatives:
(1) they could give in to American demands
that they withdraw from Manchuria or (2) they
could thwart the embargo by attacking the
U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor and then seizing the
oil supplies and other raw materials in
Southeast Asia.
A. Pearl Harbor continued…
3. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
occurred after diplomatic negotiations with the
United States had reached a stalemate.
B. Germany First
1. The Japanese attack unified America. angry
Americans vowed to avenge the treacherous
attack on Pearl Harbor.
B. Germany First continued…
2. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United
Sates announced a strategy of first defeating
Germany and then turning to a full-scale attack
on Japan. Although at first unpopular, the getGermany-first strategy prevailed. The United
States could not to allow Hitler to defeat Great
Britain and the Soviet Union, thus transforming
the continent into an unconquerable Fortress
Europe.
III. Diplomacy
and The Big Three
A. Latin America
1. Based upon the principles of the Good
Neighbor Policy, the Roosevelt administration
formally reduced the right to intervene in Latin
America.
2. During WWII, the United States sought
greater cooperation with the nations of Latin
America, primarily to develop a hemispheric
common front against fascism.
B. The Philippine Islands
1. In response to widespread anti-imperialist
sentiments, the United States pledged to grant
independence to the Philippine Islands.
2. The Philippines gained independence from the
United States in 1946.
C. The Big Three (Roosevelt, Churchill, and
Stalin)
1. The Big Three demanded the unconditional
surrender of Germany and Japan.
2. The Big Three held their final meeting at Yalta
in February, 1945.
3. The presence of Soviet troops in Poland
limited Roosevelt's options at the Yalta
Conference.
IV. Wartime Mobilization of the
economy
A. Impact of Military spending:
1. Military spending revived the U.S. economy.
2. As American industry prepared for war,
unemployment plummeted.
3. The dramatic increase in military spending
enabled the United Sates to finally emerge
from the Great Depression.
B. Price controls
1. The government instituted direct price
control to halt inflation
2. The Office of Price Administration (OPA)
established a nationwide rationing system
for consumer goods such as coffee and
gasoline
V. African Americans
and Women
A. African Americans
1. The war years witnessed a continuing
migration of African Americans from the
rural South to urban centers in the North
and West. Some 1.6 million African
Americans left the south.
A. African Americans continued…
2. President Roosevelt issued an executive
order forbidding discrimination in defense
industries. The order was monitored by the
Fair Employment Practices Commission.
B. Women and the workplace
1. “Rosie the Riveter” was a nickname given
during World War II to American women who
did industrial work in the 1940s.
2. The war mobilization caused a significant
movement of married women into the
workforce.
VI. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
during wartime
A. The Internment of Japanese Americans
1. In March 1942, President Roosevelt ordered
that all Japanese Americans living on the West
Coast be removed to “relocation centers” for
the duration of the war
A. The Internment of Japanese American
continued…
2. Japanese Americans were sent to the
internment camps on the grounds that they
were, allegedly, a potential security threat.
B. Korematsu v. United States
1. The relocation of Japanese Americans during
World War II raised the constitutionality of the
internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime
necessity.
2. The Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v.
United Sates upheld the constitutionality of the
internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime
necessity.
VII. The United States and the
Atomic Bomb
A. The Manhattan Project
1.President Roosevelt authorized the
Manhattan Project.
2. President Truman authorized the use
of the atomic bomb on the Japanese
cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
3. The United Sates was the only country
possessing atomic bombs in 1945.
B. Truman’s Decision to use the Atomic
Bomb
1. Continuing to use conventional weapons
would result in the loss of thousand American
lives.
2. Using the atomic bomb would persuade the
Japanese to surrender.
3. Ending the war against Japan as quickly as
possible would prevent Soviet intervention.
B. Truman’s decision to use the Atomic
Bomb continued…
4. Using the atomic bomb would convince
the Soviet Union of the need to be more
cooperative in formulating its postwar
plans.